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KCRA 3'S TOM MILLER IS
LIVE IN DAVIS WITH THE TURKEY
TROUBLE.
WHAT'S HAPPENING, TOM?
TOM: IT'S HERE IN THE WELLS
FARGO PARKING LOT THAT THIS
TURKEY LIKES TO ASSERT HIS
DOMINANCE.
OFTEN WALKING UP TO PEOPLE,
BLOCKING THEM AND NOT LETTING
THEM PASS.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, A LOT OF
PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO IN
THIS SITUATION, AND SOME RESORT
TO CALLING POLICE FOR HELP
>> DAVIS POLICE DEPARTMENT, HOW
CAN I HELP YOU?
>> YES, THIS IS ALMOST
EMBARRASSING.
I AM TRYING TO GET INTO MY
OFFICE ON G STREET IN DAVIS AND
I HAVE THIS HUGE TURKEY
SURROUNDING MY CAR, CIRCLING ME
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
TOM: THERE'S A TURKEY IN DAVIS
THAT LIKES TO DEFEND ITS
TERRITORY.
PROBLEM IS THAT TERRITORY
THE CITY'S DOWNTOWN.
IT'S GOTTEN SO AGGRESSIVE
, PANICKED CALLERS ARE DIALING
911 MORE AND MORE.
>> HI, UM, I GOT A TURKEY HERE
THAT JUST WON'T LET ME LEAVE.
IT JUST PUT ME IN A CORNER AND I
CAN'T EXACTLY GO ANYWHERE
>> IS THAT YOUR LITTLE PET?
TOM: THE TROUBLESOME TOM SEEN
HERE DARTING AT, THEN CIRCLING,
AND FINALLY CHASING AFTER A MAN
JUST LAST MONTH.
THE CITY'S EVEN POSTED SIGNS
OFFERING TIP ON HOW TO HANDLE
THE TURKEY.
WILDLIFE SPECIALIST JOHN
MCNERNEY HELPED CREATE THEM AND
A NEW ORDINANCE PASSED LAST WEEK
THAT ALLOWS THE CITY TO
EUTHANIZE AGGRESSIVE TURKEYS
LIKE THIS.
>> BE THE DOMINANT SPECIES
ESSENTIALLY.
DON'T LET IT INTIMIDATE YOU,
WHICH CAN BE DIFFICULT FOR SOME
FOLKS.
TO MANY HERE HAVE HORROR
STORIES OF THEIR INTERACTIONS.
I'VE SEEN HIT ATTACK CARS, I
SAW HIM ATTACK THIS LITTLE GIRL.
HE WAS TRYING TO CHASE THE
LITTLE GIRL AND THE DAD FINALLY
HAD TO PICK HER UP.
TO YESTERDAY, CITY AND COUNTY
OFFICIALS TRIED CAPTURING THE
TURKEY STARTING HERE AT WELLS
FARGO.
IT LEAD THEM FOR A HALF MILE, UP
AND DOWN CITY STREETS ALWAYS
EVADING THEM.
IT DIDN'T END UNTIL HERE AT EAST
8TH AND K, WHERE THEY LOST IT.
THAT WAS ENOUGH TO GET THE
TURKEY OUT OF DOWNTOWN THOUGH.
MEANING HOPEFULLY FEWER CALLS
LIKE THIS ABOUT THE BOTHERSOME
BIRD.
>> I CAN'T LEAVE, I CAN'T
ANYWHERE.
IT'S JUST STANDING HERE AND I'VE
GOT TO GET SOMEWHERE.
TOM:
SO WHAT SHOULD YOU DO IF
YOU FIND YOURSELF IN THIS
SITUATION?
THE CITY RECOMMENDS CLAPPING
YOUR HANDS AND SHOUTING AT THE
BIRD, NOT RUNNING AWAY FROM IT,
AND USING WHATEVER YOU'RE
CARRYING TO BLOCK ITS APPROACH
TOWARD YOU